Where does “meksikonkengururotta” come from?

meksikonkengururotta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kengururotta, from Finnish rotta, from Old Swedish rotta, from Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

Ancestry of “meksikonkengururotta”, step by step

meksikonkengururotta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kengururotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkengururottarodent in the genus
2Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
3Old Swedishrotta—
4Middle Low Germanrotte—
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via Finnish Meksiko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMeksiko—
2EnglishMexiconow submerged under Lake Tawakoni
3SpanishMéxicoMexico
4Classical NahuatlMēxihcoMexico
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →